Highly Sensitive Optical Receivers primarily treats the circuit design of optical receivers with external photodiodes. Continuous-mode and burst-mode receivers are compared. The monograph first summarizes the basics of III/V photodetectors, transistor and noise models, bit-error rate, sensitivity and analog circuit design, thus enabling readers to understand the circuits described in the main part of the book. In order to cover the topic comprehensively, detailed descriptions of receivers for optical data communication in general and, in particular, optical burst-mode receivers in deep-sub-µm CMOS are presented. Numerous detailed and elaborate illustrations facilitate better understanding.

K. Schneider:

2000 Diploma in Electrical Engineering

Since 2001 Research Assistent working on burst-mode optical receivers in industry projects at the Institute for Electrical Measurements and Circuit Design at Vienna University of Technology

2004 Completion of Dr.-techn. planned within 2004

H. Zimmermann:

1991 Dr.-Ing. degree in Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits, Erlangen, Germany

1991-1992 Alexander-von-Humboldt Research Fellow at Duke University, Durham, N.C.

1993-2000 lecture on Optoelectronics and research on OEICs at University of Kiel, Germany

2000 Professor for Circuit Design at Vienna University of Technology, Vienna, Austria

2002 Senior Member IEEE

H. Zimmermann is author of the Springer books "Integrated Silicon Optoelectronics" and "Silicon Optoelectronic Integrated Circuits" plus author and co-author of more than 110 publications.